ransom

Greek Noun Neuter

λύτρον, -ον, τό (λύω), [in LXX (Pent.15 Pr.2, Isa.1) for פִּדְיוֹם and cogn. forms, גְּאֻלָּה, כֹּפֶר, מְחִיר;] a ransom (as for a life, Exo.21:30; for slaves, Lev.19:20; for captives, Isa.45:13): ἀντὶ πολλῶν, Mat.20:28, Mrk.10:45 (see Swete, in l, and for discussion of λ. and its cognates, Westc, He, 295 f; Deiss, LAE, 331 f; cf. also ἀντί-λύτρον). (AS)

ransom

Greek Noun Neuter

λύτρ-ον, τό, (λύω) price of release: 1) ransom, mostly in plural (later singular, [Refs 1st c.BC+] the tithe of the ransom-money, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἕκτορος λύτρα, title of [Refs 8th c.BC+] and of play by Aeschylus; λύτρα λαβεῖν τινος receive as ransom for, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λύτρα ἀποδιδόναι, καταθεῖναι, pay ransom, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς λύτρα contribute towards it, [Refs]; ἀφιέναι ἄνευ λύτρων release without ransom, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δώσουσιν ἕκαστος λύτρα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ a ransom of his soul, [LXX+NT]; plural, sum paid for manumission of a slave, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 1.b) sum paid for redemption of a pledge, in plural, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 2) atonement, τί γὰρ λ. πεσόντος αἵματο; (so Canter for λυγρόν) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of blood-money, [LXX] 3) generally, recompense, λύτρον καμάτων for toil, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) a plant, ={λυσιμάχειος}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price (figuratively, atonement); ransom; from g3089 (λύω)